St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-27

neiu only TWO or three WEEKS. anu uli :
ing that time Tim was in Jail part of
the time"
G. Truax testified: 81 am chief of
on the 18th of September. | took it from
Tim Barrett. He came there about the
last OF August. Tpat pistol is 3S-cali-
Der. That is the usual caliber OF pistols
that are carried"
Court adjourned for noon.
THE AFTERNOON.
John McKinnon recalled:
What time did your car cross the
| Hastings d. Dakota tracks on next to the
last trip you made?" asked Mr.. Davis.
about Q o'clock. saw three
men standing by the track, one
man leaning on a light cane;
cannot describe them. My car did not
stop. 1t told about this fact the same
| night. l only told the prosecution about
the matter to-day. l did not report this
| fact to the street car management. A
man named Toplip was on the car this
trip. They did not say anything TO me.
l never told the prosecution until ten
minutes ago.
G. TruaX, recalled: "HOw do you know
this is the same pistol you took from
| Tim Barrett?" asked Mr.. Davis.
by these letters on the stock and this
mark on the barrel"
Mr.. Sharpe, recalled for crosS-eXam-
inatiOn. He brought chart OF the
| turntable with him and testified as fol-
/ lows: The top of the turntable is nine
| feet in diameter. a man must set the
brake when he turns the car. The
mules could pull an empty
| car with the brake set, but not
very fast. l don't think they would
pull car with the brake set unless
urged. The table would turn any time;
there is no set lock or catch. We have
about 200,0 900 checks.
Detective Luke Kinney testified: |
remember the fire at the Big Boston on
| the night of the Goth of July.
THE DEFENSE OPENS.
When Kinney left the stand Mr..
| Davis announced that the state rested,
as all the evidence for the prosecution
had been introduced. Mr.. DOnahue
| then opened the case for the defense.
He said: Gentlemen of the lury:-We
might almost rest this case without any
! defense, for by the laws of Minnesota
man cannot be convicted on the un-
! cOrrObOrated testimony OF an accom-
plice. We will show that Henry Bar
| rett went with his brothers Peter and
| Timothy OH the evening of the 10Th OF
! July over to Cedar avenue, where they
| took a street car and went up town and
stopped at Lally Bros saloon. After
stopping there for few minutes Peter
and Timothy went out, and after visit
/ ing several stores they boarded River
side car and went down to their sisters
Mrs. Coleman, who resided near the
glass works, whey they stayed all night;
that Henry Barrett met two men by APP
pOintment at Lally Bros. saloon, and
| that they went down to Cedar avenue
and killed and robbed TOllefSon; that
two DAYS afterward. Henry, i'll company
with one of these men, went out to Rice
Lake, and that they stopped at Mrs.
COleman's on the way back, and that
they each had bunch of water-lllies;
that Henry stopped here awhile, and
his companion Welt away after CIV
ing his bunch of lilies to Tim.
We will also show that Henry Barrett
talked with one of these men at Mime
haha Falls several days before the crime
was committed, and during this CONVEX
Sation, which was overheard, the plan
of rObbing Cedar avenue car and eS-
Gaming through the cemetery was thor
Oughly discussed. We will produce one
of these meu and show that this Henry
Barrett, this living counterfeit of a
man, for he is not man, killed Toilet
son and is now trying to swear
this Infamous crime on his
brothers. He thinks by removing
his brothers and saving himself, he will
inherit the property which his mother
has, and which he knows he will get if
they live. | want to here state that the
treatment the counsel for the defense
has received from the police of this city
is something unheard of in the annals
of crime. These prisoners were brought
here and kept secreted by the police for
DAYS, where they were piled with liquor,
threatened, false statements made to
them and every kind of inducement
made to them to have them confess to
having committed this crime, and dur
ing all this time their counsel were re-
fused admittance to the place of their
confinement. Although spent several
DAYS trying to get chance to consult
with them, | could not see them.
TIM ON THE STAND.
Mr., DOnohue then announced that the
first witness was Timothy Barrett.
When Barrett stood up and walked to-
ward the witness stand the room was as
Guiet as death. The oath was admins
tered, and he took his seat on the wit
ness stand and testified as follows: |
am twenty-five years old. am one of
the defendants in this action. | am a
brother of Peter Barrett. was living
with my sister. Mrs. Coleman, on Fort
avenue, near the glass works, on the
26th of last July. She lives on the
right hand side of Fort avenue just
this side of the glass works.
Henry Barrett lived at $3.50 Fort avenue.
was at $3.50 Fort avenue on the even
ing of the Goth of July. Peter, Henry,
Chloe Belts and Henry's wife were
there. Two men left the house just as
got there. | went up town with Peter
and Henry. Lottie Welch had been
there and had gone home. Mrs. Len
non was not there. left home to go up
town about O'clock. Henry had
piece of a rake handle i'm his hand when
we started. We went up town to get
suit of clothes for Pete. We struck
Cedar avenue about a block
north of the Hastings & Da-
kOta tracks. We got off about
a block above the Big Boston.
We had no talk about robbing a street
car. We got off the street car about
half-past eight o'clock. We went into
Lally Bros.'S saloon and had a glass of
beer. Two men came up and shook
hands with Henry. One of the men
had black muStache; the other one
was slim and smooth shaved. We were
in the saloon about five minutes. We
went up street to a clothing store, but
could not make a bargain. We
then went to several other stores
and then back to one of the
stores and bought the clothes.
Then after going into Lally Bros Sa-
loon, and another saloon, we got on
Riverside car and went home. We got
off at the barns, near the base ball
grounds, and then went home. We got
home about 1880. Mr.. Coleman, my
sister and my father were there. 1
slept with George Coleman. 1t was a
common thing to go to my sisters to
sleep. My sister was sick that night.
went to bed about 1870. l got up
about O'Clock. went up to Henry's
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